Frosty Knob
Frosty Knob rises to 1,292 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31624697, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,292 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 5.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Knob: 0.3 mi
- Middle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Raven Knob: 0.9 mi
- Bruce Knob: 1.0 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 1.3 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 4.6 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 5.4 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 5.6 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 6.3 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cascades Falls: 6.4 mi
- Walker Falls: 7.1 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Tennis Court: 5.2 mi
- Spring House: 5.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 5.2 mi
- Swimming Pool: 5.2 mi
- Tool Shed: 5.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 8.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 12.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.3 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.4 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 11.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 11.0 mi
- Passage: 11.1 mi
- Wake: 11.5 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 7.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 10.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 10.8 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 11.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 4.4 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 10.2 mi
- Ironland: 11.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 14.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.8 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 11.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 11.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 17.0 mi
- Vann Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 22.3 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 23.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.6 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 24.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.8 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Frosty Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | SE 124° | 1,626 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | ESE 122° | 1,603 m | 5.6 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | SE 142° | 1,583 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 156° | 1,500 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | SE 124° | 1,499 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SSE 148° | 1,493 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,473 m | 4.9 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,440 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357801784
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- Asheville · 12 mi
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